Link color for viewed threads

[specialkp]

Is it possible to indicate if I have viewed a thread? Normally this is really simple in the html with just a:visited, but you might have some other crazy css styles. Lately I have been researching a lot and read lots of threads, but when I come back I can't remember which ones I have read, so I end up reading something twice or missing threads completely because I think I've read them before. It would be really nice to have the regular link visited color change, or something similar. Thanks.

 

[steve_sa]

Hi, to the left of each thread, there is a small button. If it is orange, then you have unread posts. Also when orange, there is a small orange button to the left of thread title (with an arrow), if you click on that, it takes you to the first unread post.

 

[specialkp]

Hi, I guess that only works for relatively new posts? I noticed that after a few days (on page 2 or 3 of any topic) it just marks everything as read even if I havn't clicked on the thread links... I guess that's understandable since keeping track of all users thread views would take a lot o resources. Or maybe the older ones are just marked as read since I just made a new account.. oh well. I guess this thread went nowhere fast :? Maybe I'll just get some sleep now...

 

[steve_sa]

After 7 days, everything is marked 'old' or 'read'... this is done for performance reasons, and also we don't want to overwhelm users with all buttons being orange when they join.

There is a link for 'view posts since last visit' and that one accurately shows posts since your last visit (orange or white status).